Video: If Your Roommate Handled Take-Out Like a Pro Athlete
by Dominik on Aug 24, 2011 3:34 PM EDT
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PrintWhat happens when you mix the rote process of ordering take-out with the mundane routine of an athlete's post-game interview? Something far more entertaining than either of the above.
This is a creation of Michael* Paul Smith, an actor in New York who is creating an online sketch series through his production outfit, Take It Back Productions. More importantly, he's an Islanders fan (*so one assumes officially changing the spelling of his name to "Micheal" is still in processing at the Social Security office).
About Michael Paul Smith, who I shall call Micheal Paul Smith:
His favorite player is Kyle Okposo ("he's a workhorse"), and yes that's Michael's [sic] Okposo jersey in the opening. His favorite Isles memory is from his first game in April '93 (not a bad spring, that), where he originally felt guilty when the crowd cheered at news of a Rangers loss. He quickly learned to shake that feeling.
You can learn more about his work with partner Gillian Pensavalle at www.takeitbackproductions.com, and on Twitter at @takeitbacknyc.
This is sort of a free plug, but also a welcome bit of levity in late August. Hope you enjoyed.
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Sad but true
Do athletes know how embarassing it is to listen to them spewing the same old cliche’s all the time? But as I like to say at the end of the day we’re just getting started.
What I hate is the dichotomy between dull and derelict
Every time Avery or Carcillo or someone sticks his foot in his mouth and gets flak for it, a faction comes out and says, “Oh come on! You’re always asking athletes to actually show some personality, but then when they do you try to shut them up!”
Which is a false dichotomy. “Personality” does not mean “the obnoxious guy at the bar.” I want them to be neither dull nor idiotic. There’s a vast, wide middle section of the target there that isn’t too hard to hit with a little effort.
Lighthouse Hockey: A flute with no holes is not a flute. A Dane with no holes is Frans Nielsen.
Just got to come out strong and keep the momentum going
They’re probably scared they’re going to say something stupid or inflammatory so, they end up saying nothing at all except “you put pucks on the net good things happen,” and “gotta keep working hard.” Not surprisingly, Moulson’s good at them, Grabner, too. JT not so much.
Good work on the video. Funny stuff.
"He's depriving some small village of a pretty good idiot" - Mike Milbury on Ziggy Palffy's agent Paul Kraus.
"the boys are all really buying into coach's system, one shift at a time" and other quotes from an old notebook
Man that brought back a ton of memories for interviews gone by.
Here are some I picked out of a dusty old notebook to contribute to one cliche at a time:
“We’ve been coming back all year long.”
“We all try to contribute early on.”
“Gotta give a lot of credit to the guys behind the scenes.”
“We’ll take what happens but we can’t back off.”
“I just try as hard as I can, buy into the system and see what happens”
I could attribute the quotes but why. They did come from a couple of games back in 2002-3 when I worked for the Springfield Falcons and they were battling for the playoffs (and actually made it).
by Jones79 on Aug 24, 2011 6:08 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Add in something about giving it 100%, also leaving it all out on the ice.
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Aug 24, 2011 6:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Excellent
No doubt they made it because they would not take no for an answer.
Lighthouse Hockey: A flute with no holes is not a flute. A Dane with no holes is Frans Nielsen.
"y'know and we're always looking to be more consistent; y'know give a more consistent effort night in and night out."
"It don't make you a bad person" - Ron Bennington
LOL
My Hawks loving friend and I are always laughing at the guys who REALLY Stick to ’the template"- Toews and Tavares are absolute shining examples of it. Its something that gets ingrained into all of them to an extent, but the really highly touted Canadian kids definitely get the highest dose of it!
Whenever they get to interviews with either of them the two of us start saying shit like, Well, youve gotta give 100%, leave it all out on the ice, you know, play for each other, etc etc etc
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Aug 24, 2011 6:28 PM EDT up reply actions
That's gold Jerry!
Formerly a part time contributor and pittier of fools, now an Emeritus at Lighthouse Hockey.
I don't wanna take too much credit for this post
Obviously Michael did the heavy-lifting. He gets the hard hat. You know, it wouldn’t be possible with all our readers reading hard every day in practice.
Sometimes it gets tough in mid-summer, but we know a post in August is worth the same as a post in April. That’s why you do the blog, you just hope for moments like this. As long as SBN keeps calling our name we’re going to keep putting it all out there.
I just want to say hi to my mom who’s reading this back home. She reads every post, and I know I wouldn’t be here without her.
Lighthouse Hockey: A flute with no holes is not a flute. A Dane with no holes is Frans Nielsen.
by Dominik on Aug 24, 2011 5:22 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
We seem to have beaten every subjecy to death
The areener deal doesn’t matter right. No free agents left that Garth would sign. No trade rumors. This was a good find. Plus, from what you’ve written above, you would be much better at interviews than most hockey players.
All Who Oppose Grabner Shall Perish.
Nice
This is why Ryan Strome’s interviews are so refreshing. I would suggest an interview class for athletes, but I think this is how this problem started. They all follow a similar pattern. But the Jets glass is a nice touch.
All Who Oppose Grabner Shall Perish.
you know
eventually Strome is going to say something Dumb on twitter and it’ll all end up in trouble in due time
"Maybe (Frans) should concentrate more on FO rather than the thugging aspect of his game." - AP77
Contributor to Lighthouse Hockey not sure if I'm the Sniper or the Enforcer.
At least we'll get a laugh out of it
Or cry, depending on what it is.
All Who Oppose Grabner Shall Perish.
You know?
You know, every blog’s gonna have rough stretches or regulars who are out of the lineup. You still gotta bring good content every day. It’s huge for a new guy to step up and give us a big post or a big comment, you know?
Well, we can’t get ahead of ourselves, you know, we just take it one post at a time. We got another big day tomorrow and we gotta be ready. When coach calls your name, you’ve gotta be ready to write.
We may be in the box, but you get the penalty.
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by mikb on Aug 24, 2011 5:51 PM EDT reply actions 6 recs
Nice
I was trying to figure out how to work the “you know” tic in but couldn’t get it right; you nailed it.
Lighthouse Hockey: A flute with no holes is not a flute. A Dane with no holes is Frans Nielsen.
Ha, this is great :)
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
Major League
Had spot on bit on this stuff
But that’s Movsies for you. You can always count on Movsies for getting the job done, 24/7.
by DP'sknee(andhipandflubugandotherknee) on Aug 24, 2011 8:31 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Wow, just think of all the hours of footage he had to suffer through to come up with that script.
I wanted to laugh and turn him off at the same time…is that wrong?
"Look at my new clothes," said the Emperor to the Nassau County residents.
by metalcoconut on Aug 24, 2011 8:46 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I appreciated the girl's reactions
She voiced the frustration well. Her face carried the pain. You just know some of these athletes really do have that many light bulbs out upstairs.
Lighthouse Hockey: A flute with no holes is not a flute. A Dane with no holes is Frans Nielsen.
my favorite...
are the obvious canadian interviews. i like when asked about their teammates performance, they address them with a nickname ending in “er”. i love it. terms such as “organ-EYE-zation” never get old.
funny video. good stuff.
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